Color-chip-pasting machine



July 3, 1923'.

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C. E. SHARP COLOR CHIP PASTING MACHINE Filed April 14 1922 4 Shefs-Sheet 2 July 3; 1923.

1,460,865 7 c. E. S'HARP COLOR CHIP PAS TING MACHINE Filed April 14 .1922' 4 Sheets- -Sheet 5 July 3, 1923.

C. E. SHARP COLOR CHIP PAS'IING MACHINE 1922 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 w ANN I W EW'Z'oR Carewgib Filed April 14 IWM Patented July "3, 1923.

CLARENCE nIs ARaoF GIBBSBORO, new, JERSEY. a

T 0 all wh'omz't may comma- '1 Be it known that I, CI'i-A Rn Xon Ef Srianr,

citizen of the United States, residingat Gibbsboro, in the county of, Camden and State of New Jersey, have invented newand useful Improvements in aCol or-Chip Pasting Machine, .01 which the lfollowin'gis a p fi a o Q.

'My'invention relates" to new and useful improvements in. a jcolor chip pasting .ma- China, and has for its object to provide a device ofthis character for rap'idly,accurat ely and economically afiixing or mounting by the. use of an adhesive, smallstrips of differently colored sheets of paper, which rep resent the colors of paints hereinafter called color chips to a card or a sheet of paper hereinafter called a. folder the resulting I card or folder generally being designated a;

sample card.

j nother object of my invention isto provide a new and improved'suction device for lifting the folder sheets to be transported over an adhesive applying device and then positioned to'receive thecolor'chips. I

Another object of the invention is to provide racks for the color chips consisting of a number of pins and a perforated plate, the said pins being insertible injany of the peaforations to producera-cks .of different sizes and shapes."

A further obj provide an adhesive or applying apparatus of-unique construction which will japplythe adhesive to the folders in spots or sep'arated points in the proper localities to receive the color chips. I v H i A still further. object 'ofthe invention is to provide means for actuating the adhesive applying device during the movement of a carriage from, the. locality of the folders to the locality of thecolor chips and'in e junction' therewith means forfr'esettingfthe adhesiveapplying devicewhen said carriage is moved inthelreverse direction. Vith thcseends in view, this invention consists in the details. of constructionfa-n'id combination of ,forth and then specifically designated by the claims] p Q In order that those skilled in the art to :which this invention appertains, m'ay'understand how to 'makeand use the same, 1 will describe its' construction i'nf 'det ailj, referring by numerals totheaccompanying elements hereinafter set ,ooLoR-cHIarAsTme ivrAcIiiNE.

amass forming a "palm this a aaon, in which E a Fig; 1, is a frontelevation of a color chip pasting machine embodying ,my invention,

thecarriage-beinglillustrated in a raised position and one of the supports for said carriage being ,brokenfaway,

Fig.2, is a plan view thereof. 5

" Fig.3, is an end ;vie-w of the same. a Fig. 4, is an enlarged end View ofthe adhesive container and applying device with a portionof the carriage to illustrate its'mlat1on to the adhesive applyin 'device and a pai't of the gear wheel'being broken away to show certain details of construction.

Fig. 5, is an enlargedffragmentary vertical longitudinalsectional i ie wfthecreof.

'Fig. 6, is a fragmentary side elevation of one of the adhesive applicators.

" In carrying out my invention as here embodied, '2 represents a. suitable" v framework of any desirable construction, size1o,r configuration supporting a suitable fiat sur face herein referred to as'a top3,wl1ich has an "extension 4 in the 'fo'rmofa leaf hinged or otherwise suitably 'c'onn'ect'ed' with the top 3: and supported by a braceb which, when 1 such; leaf is; hinged' to the top, preferably consists of two members pivoted .to' each f, other and to their respective element soas to y v be collapsible. ect of the" inventionis to v Atone end ofjthe top and supporte d thereby is located'a base 6 forfholding the folder sheets 7 in a pilethe Said sheets bein'g niaintained' in their proper p'ositionsby means of the ,vertical' guides 'S adj ustably associated with the base 6 so that they ma-y'be spacedto accommodate folder sheets of difl'crent dimensions'. The base 6- is providedwith depending "rods '9 fpassingthrough suitable holes inthe top? so as to slide and persaid base ,to be'raised above the; upper surface of the to 3 by meansfof a suitable handle'ver,lO pivotedt hinged or otherwise H "'lfast'ened to some suitable'partof the. ma- "chine and. having a connecting rodfll atta'ched, thereto "intermediate its ends and also passing through": the top 3 con nected witli' the base .6,

the opposite'eiid' o f-the top3 is located fa fra1ne12 movable vertically {and including rods passing through said top on the upper, ends of which is supported a perforated color chip holdingfor supporting plate M? the lower" end of said rods having suitable cross pieces whereby anupright or pitman 16 is attached to said frame, the lower end of said upright or pitman being connected toa suitable foot tr'eadle' 17 for elevating the frame and the plate 14 supported thereon. The plate 14 is provided with numerous perforations 171 whereby a. number of pins 18 may be properly s'et'to produce a plurality of racks of suitable size and shape to accommodate color chips 19 varying in size and shape and these pins loosely fit within'the plate '14 with their lower ends resting or seated upon the-upper surface of the top 3 or a stationaryplate 20 mounted on the top 3. I

As the pasting operations proceed the stacks of color chips 19 are gradually depleted making it necessaryto raise the frame 12 and the perforated plate 14 to a higher elevation and in order that this lift may not be too great I provide means for limiting the downward movement of'the frame and its component parts at a number of different points which means comprises a plurality of ratchet teeth 21 on the upright or pitman 16 for connection with the pivoted pawl 22 which latterhas an arm 23 connected with the piston rod 24 of a dash pot 25, said dash-potfiabsorbing the shock due to the return of, the downward movement of the frame and its component parts.

Since the color chips are to be forced against a folder sheetlback'ed by a substantially immovable element and since these color chips maybe -,of different thicknesses or more chips be placed in one stack than another compressible pads 26 of any suit able material, such as copper felt or the like underlie each stack of said colo-rchips and are held in place by pins 18, in the same manner as said chips. From. this it will be seen that if one stack of chips is slightly higher than another the highest stack will contact with the folder sheet as will be later described and as the frame withthe plate 14 is forced upward the compressible pad of said highest stack will be compressed sufficiently to permit the other stacksof chips to contact or engage with the folder, sheet.

Between the locationof the folder sheets 7 and-the location of the stacks of color chips is situated theadhesive applying-deice designated as a whole by the numeral 27; This device consists of a pair of upright brackets 28 secured, to the top 3 by suitable fastening device's 29 ,the said plates being vertically slotted as at 30 throughwhich pass trunnions 31 carried by the ends of the adhesive container or receptacle 3 2, said trunnions havin'gbutterfly nuts 33 or their equivalent for threaded engagement therewithfor holding-the adhesive receptacle in any desired vertical adjustment.

WVithin this adhesive receptacle is journalled a shaft 34 having a plurality of adindicated at 37, butlsaid teeth differ from the teeth of an ordinary gear in that they are of the same cross section throughout.

One end of the-shaft 34 projects throughone or the front end of the adhesive container or receptacle beyond the bracket 28 and on this projecting end of the shaft is mounted a gear wheel 38 for 'coactionwitli a gear rack carried by a carriage to be presently described. Projecting from the outer surface of the gear wheel 38 isa pin 39 for a purpose also to behereinafter described.

When thegear wheel and its component parts are in one position it is desirabletoso hold them by slight pressure which is provided by a spring 40 fixed to the underside of the adhesive receptaclepassing through a slot 41 inthe bracket 28 with its nose turned upfor registration with a slightdepression running entirely from one end to the other I of the adhesive receptacle and this is adjustably mounted on. saidr'eceptacle and held in any desired adjustment by means'of the set screws 44 and this wiper is set so as tolie in close proximity to theccircumfenence of the applicators but not in contact therewith.

On s ome suitable portion of the machine as at the rear edge of the top 3 are located standards'45 in which are mounted the ends of a track rod 46 having a-carriage- 47 slidably and rotatably mounted thereon. This carriageincludes a perforated plate 48 covering thes'nozzle or intake 49 of an exhaust fan 50 which is operated by any suitable;

means, such. as an electric motor associated "therewith and preferably forming a part of th carriage so as to be removable therewith and in order to readilyandfeasily manipulate said carriage a handle bar 51 is provided:

at the front thereof. the conduit 52 forming the, communication between the intake 49 from the exhaust fan 50 is slidably mounted a, flat valve havingfa hole. 54

therethrough for registration with the bore of the conduit underycertain conditions and this hole is preferably brought into registration with the conduit by means of a contact 55 which will be engaged by one end of the valve 53 to arrest the movements of said valve while permitting a continued movementof the carriage thus causing the hole 54 in the valve to registerwiththe conduit so that the air will bedrawn in'throughthe perforated plate for lifting the' uppern ostw sheet ofthe stack of folders when thee-arriage is in 'asubstantially horizontalfposition asshown in Fig- 3, and saidstack of folderszraised by the hand lever lVhfen the carriageisin a substantially horizontal position, as shown in Fig-:3 its forwarder free side Wlll'I-GS'U upon the rollers 56journa'lled in thefsupports 57yfixed to the top 3 and projecting upwardlytherefrom and when the carriage is'in the said horizontal positionthegear rack 58 which is adustably. mounted on the forward side of the carriage by meansv of set-screws '59 or their equivalent W1ll, be in line with the gear Wheel 38. sothat as the carriage is moved from one endof ,theinachine to the othersaidgear rack Will-1116511 with the gear Wheel 38 and rotate theisame onejcomplete revolution causing the applicators 35 to be rotatedand applying adhesive to ith'e folderJon the earriage in spots orat spaced points.-j' Since there maybe a" slightfi-lap? in the gearwheel during the re-volving-thereotit is desirable thatsome i'neans be provided "for returning it to its proper position prior to being {again revolved and this is{ accomplished by thesta- .tionary trigger fixed to the carriage oi a 7 gear r'ack atone en'dzofi said trigger engaging the pin 39 onthe gear wheel 38 so as to move said gear Wheel sufiic-iently'to cause thecatch 40, to registera'vith the depression or detent 42 just as the carriageireaches the v All of the parts being properly adjusted with the carriage in :proper position to' be I lowered into a" positiondirettly above the stack of folders 7 said carriage is 'loWered until-t itxrests upon one of the rollers '56-"or on one of thesupports 57'.- When thus positioned the valve -53 :is in an openiposition so that airis being drawn through the perforated plate 48 and by'raisingthe stack of folder sheets 7 the upp erinost one will be drawn. against ,the' uncovered" part,', of the perforated plate. -The carriage 'is' then inovedlengthwise 'of the .machine along the track rodae causing the gearrack 58 to mesh with theigealr Wheel 38 and thereby cause said gear Wheel to revolve through theme- 1 dium of the shaft k-tonwhich saidfigear plicators' 35'to likewise .be revolved bringing the outer ends of the teeth 36 through said at spaced rpointsrequal tothe spaces between 7 the different series of teeth '36 and because of the spaces 37: betWeen tl-ie series ofteeth The continued movement of the carriage will eventually ca-use'itgto contact'vvith the standard 45 at theqend of. theanachine ad jacentthecolor chips-thus properly position- ;ing the folder sheetwiththe adhesive thereon'lrelative gto thestacks of color chips 19.

applicators intocontact'with "the folder sheetheld by. the Pcarriage sandsas; these "rapplicae tors are revolving Within the: adhesivere'cep table-'32 containing-a:suitable adhesive such I adhesive will' be a'ppliedhto the foldersheet.v

these: spot-snot adhesive \vilLbe applied series in difl erent localities =Whichare: to be" the'locations of: the different color chips. l

By: lifting, theesta'cksgof color: chips; through the medium; of the foot. treadle' l 'i' 'the' upright or 'pitman;16,-;the frame 12 and the plate 14 the uppermost color chips 'ina 'the' stacksWill be broug-ht into contact With the chips will adhere-Ito the folder sheet.

portions ofthe folder"sheet having'the adhesive' thereon so that. said uppermost color '90 Thepressureqon the ;lt'ootrtreadle 17, is, then relieved permitting the plate 14 and its component,parts 'to descend and the shock.

due torthe descentof said plate and its iparts" will be absorbed-by the dashpot325, as,Wil1

beobvious. 1 i

Vh'en the colorchipsare applied zto ithe folder sheet the valve 53 ismianua lly; oper- ,ated-a'nd moved in adirection forycarrying' (the hole 5 Lout1of alignmentwith the'con- ,duit52 thus shutting'off the action of theeX- -haust-:fan through? the perforated plate- L8 allowing thei -folder; sheet with the "color chips thereon to rest. upon the pins 18 Efro'm ,whicl'i pointitmay be readily removed'by, hand and laid upon a' support such asthe shelf l uvhichis ineffect a part of the top 3. Tomreturn the carriage tojits initial position the same israised'and movedalong the track'- rod 46 and just prior I to reaching the again lowered so thatfijf the gear, wheeli'88 limit of 'its'moivement during the-returnitds is moved slightly 'more thanvion'e complete revolution the trigger 6O f-Will engage :t'he I }')ll1-,3 9 -3'11Cl rotate 1 said;- gear wheel in a} reverse direction until moved into-5a position, as shown in Fig: l-"where the catch 4E0 will register with the vdepression Ior deten-t 42-insai d gear wheel' to maintain;the-partsfiin the exact details; of construction was herein [shown 'I as =these:anaybe-varied within the limitSzo-tthe; appenddvelaims Without departing from :the spirit of. my inventioni a Having-thus fully described my invention Wheel is=mounted Willc'ause the'adhesive ap the'iri proper positions ready for the next operation. F j O f course I-qdo not lW-is'h'. tjofbe limited :to

wliatlclaimvasnewanduseful is:% i

1.; Inacolorchip pasting ma'chineya rota- I ta-hie" and a slida-ble f ifolder' sheet holding I means, means for applying an adhesive to StLlCl sheet in spots in diiferentlocalities of V the folder sheet during the sliding movesheet. g 3. In a color chip pasting mach1n e,-me'ans ment of said holding means in one direction Y and means for. supporting color chips in stacks, and means for elevating said chips to cause them to contact with the folder sheet 111 the regions o'fthe adhesive thereon.

' 2, In'a col'or'chip pasting machine means in the regions of the applied'adhesiveto.

cause said chips to adhereto the folder for holding and elevating'a stack offo'lder "sheets, means for lifting, holding and transportingthe uppermost sheet of said stack,

, means for applying an adhesive to said sheet during the transportatlon thereof, a V6It1-- cally movable frame, aperforated plate carri'ed by said frame, pins mounted in said perforations to provide racks of different shapes and'sizes for holding stacks of color chips, compressible means located Within said racks on which the color chips rest, and'a mecha ;nism forelei' ating-the perforated plate to r move the color chips into'contact with the folder sheet having the adhesive thereon. 4C. In a color chip pastingmachine, the

combination of meansfor holding a folder sheet to lee-moved from'one point to another,

meansfor'applying an adhesive to said sheet during the time it is being moved, a vertically movable'frame, a perforated plate carried by said frame, pins mounted in said perforations to provide racks of different shapes and sizes for holding stacks of color chips, compressible means located within saidracks on which the color-chips rest, and a mechanism for elevating the perforated "plateto move the color chips into contact ivith'the folder sheet having the adhesive thereon.

, 5. Ina color chip 'pas'ting'mach'ine, the combination ofmea ns for holding afolder sheet to be moved from onepoint to another,

means forapplying an adhesive to said sheet during the time it is being moved, a vertically movable frame, a perforated p'late carried by said frame, pins mounted in said perforationsto provide racks offldifferent shapes andsizes for holding stacks of color chips, compressible 'means' located within said i-acks'on which thecolor chips rest, an 'upright'or pitman connected'with the frame, I said upright 0r pitman having ratchet teeth thereon, afoot tre d e foractuating said upright ortpitman and through it the frame 7 i and perforated plate for elevating the color chips to move them into contact with the folder sheet having the adhesive applied and means including a pawl coacting'with the ratchet teeth of the upright or pitman for absorbing the shock due to the downward movementof the-frame and its component parts. 1

6. Ina machine of the class des'cri'bed, a vertically movable supporting means for a stack of folder sheets, means for manually elevating said supporting means, ajs'uction device for withdrawing-the uppermost folder sheet v from the stackwhen said dev ce" is' in proper position relative to the stack; and for holding said withdrawn sheet, means for applying an adhesive'to the sheet so held and means for applying color c'hipsfto'thfe adhesive surface'of said folder sheetfi 7. In a machine' of the class described, a

carriage including a suction-device for with-' drawing the-uppermost folder sheet froma stack ofsuch sheets 'when'fthe' carriage is I in a horizontal position, a gear rack'on said carriage, an adhesii' ereceptacle', a shaftj our-' nailed therein, a gear'wheel on said'shaft' in the-path of travel ofthe gear rack when the carriage is-in a'substantially horizontal position and being manuallyoperated, adhesive applicatorso'nsaid shaft, said applicators being in the form of mutilated gears so that 'theteeth are arrangedin-series, saidseries being revolved by the movement of the car-y riage to apply an adhesive in a 'seriesof spots and in different localities on the folder sheet held by said carriagefand means for applying color chips tosaidfolder sheet in theregions of the adhesive on said folder sheet. r i I, 8. In a machine of this character, carriage mounted for rota-table sliding movements, means to support said carriage in a substantially horizontal position, a perforated plate carried by said carriage, a nozzle connected with saidperforated plate and supported b'y-the carriage, a conduit leading from said nozzle, a suction device connected with said conduit and-movable with the carriage, a flat valve havinga hole therethro'ugh slidably mounted within the*conduitand adapted to be actuated. in one direction by contact with suitable means onthe machine and manually movedin the other direction,

means actuated by the movement. of the carriage when in a substantially. horizontal position to'apply an adhesive to a-folder sheet held and carried by the carriageyand means for moving stacks of colorchips toward the carriage to cause the; uppermost chips-of said stacks to adhere-to the folder sheet with the adhesive thereon. I

9. In a device of the character stated, supbrackets, an adhesivereceptaele adportin justably mounted between saidhrackets, a

shaft journalled in said receptacle and having one end projecting through the receptacle, a gear Wheel fixed to the outer end of said shaft whereby motion Will-be trans-.

mitted from a movable device to the shaft, a pin on said gear wheel to be engaged by a trigger of a movable element for rotating said gear wheel a short distance to take up.-

sure thereto, applicators on said shaft With- I in the receptacle,said applicators having a number of series of teeth, said series'of teeth a being spaced from one another and a Wiper adjustably mounted on the upper endof) the receptacle to remove. a-surplu's adhesive from the teeth of the applicators.

In: testimony whereof, I have hereunto aflixed my signature. I

I QLARENCEEQSHARP. 

